Best- And Worst-Performing Cloud Computing Stocks June 23rd To June 27th And Year-To-Date

The highest performing cloud computing stocks year-to-date when measured by share price gains are
NetScout Systems (NASDAQ:NTCT) up 47.92%, Akamai (NASDAQ:AKAM) up 29.31%, Zendesk (NYSE:ZEN) up 27.77%, Fusion-IO (NYSE:FIO) up 27.27%, Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) up 23.7% and
Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI) up 22.94%. A $10K investment in NetScout Systems shares on January 2nd of this year is worth $15,177 as of market close Friday, leading all 55 companies in this index.

Enterprise software companies IBM, Microsoft, Oracle and SAP are also included in the index. Microsoft’s share price YTD is up 12.94% with a $10K investment made on January 2nd worth $11,534 as of market close Friday. Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) is up 5.93% for the year, delivering $10,776 on $10K invested on January 2nd.

Who’s Delivering The Best Returns

The following graphic compares how $10,000 invested on January 2nd of this year in the highest performing cloud computing stocks, in addition to IBM, Microsoft, Oracle and SAP are valued today. Please click on the graphic to expand for easier reading.

Please see the full Cloud Computing Index for market caps, average volumes, 52-week high and low share prices, Earnings per Share, Price/Earnings Ratio, and Beta. I am using the Google Finance Portfolio option to track the performance of these stocks. For information on how this index was created, see the description at the end of this post.

I do not hold equity positions or work for any of the companies mentioned in this blog post or included in the index. This post and the index are not meant to provide investment advice. It is simply a glimpse into the performance of these company’s stock prices over time. This index began in one of my MBA courses as a teaching tool. You can download an Excel file of the Cloud Computing Index here. Please click on the graphic below to expand for easier reading.